Yep the submission clock has started for 2012’s Vimeo Festival + Awards. The categories have been opened up this time round to include Advertising, Lyrical, Action Sports and Fashion (a DN favourite), all of which could net you a cool $5,000 grant, while the Grand prize once again sits at a hefty $25,000.

There’s a brand new line up of judges – including our animator man-crush, Eran Hilleli – and you have until February 20, 2012 to get your entries in at a cost of $20 (or $5 for Pro/Plus subscribers).

MarBelle has a strange compulsion to watch as many films as he can get his hands on and find jobs that give him a legitimate excuse to drill filmmakers about their work. Directors Notes is the multi-decade incarnation of this disorder and remains so much cheaper than film school.